Summary:
Denver, Indiana is served by two public schools — North Miami Elementary School, which covers grades PK–6, and North Miami Middle/High School, which covers grades 7–12 — both part of the North Miami Community Schools district. Together they enroll 818 students. The district as a whole is rated 2 stars and ranks 194 of 374 Indiana districts, but that single average hides two very different buildings.
The elementary is the clear standout. It ranks 318 of 1,015 Indiana elementaries — the 69th percentile, with 3 stars — and has climbed steadily from the 55th percentile three years ago. Its math results beat the state, most dramatically in 3rd grade (75.44% proficient vs. 51.9% statewide), and 5th-grade social studies also comes in above the state (55.56% vs. 47.2%). Across all grades, elementary math (55.98%) runs well ahead of its reading (42.58%). The one soft spot is 4th-grade English/language arts, at 30% against 42.2% statewide.
The middle/high school is the opposite picture in math. SAT Math proficiency is 3.57% versus 25.6% statewide, down from 14.49% the year before, and 8th-grade math sits at 11.11% against a 34.2% state rate. Math proficiency slides at every grade — 3rd (75.44%) through 8th (11.11%) — so each younger cohort is weaker than the one ahead. Yet reading, science, and completion outcomes hold up: graduation is 91.1% (state 89.7%), SAT reading/writing 55.36% (state 51.9%), and Biology 50%. Chronic absenteeism is higher there too, 23.1% versus 13.8% at the elementary (state 16.7%), even though the secondary school spends more per student ($12,543 vs. $10,321) with smaller classes. A few science figures are withheld by the state and should be read as unknown, not as failure.
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